How to fix the moby engine package installation error in linux.

Question

While installing the Moby engine package, getting error as "You have held the broken packages moby cli is not going to be installed"

Answer 1

This error usually occurs when there are some missing or broken dependencies on your system. Here are some possible ways to fix it:

• You can try to update your system and fix any missing dependencies with the following command: sudo apt update --fix-missing
• You can also use the -f flag with apt install to tell APT to locate and install the missing packages. For example: **sudo apt install -f moby-cli
• You can use DPKG, the base package management system, to reconfigure or remove the broken packages. To reconfigure DPKG, run: sudo dpkg --configure -a¹². To check if DPKG marked some packages as needing a reinstall, run: [sudo dpkg -l | grep ^..R]. To remove the packages, run: [sudo dpkg --purge --force-all package-name] Be careful with this command, as it may cause further dependency issues.
• You can also try to remove the lock files manually if you encounter a DPKG lock error. To do this, run: sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock and sudo rm /var/cache/apt/archives/lock¹².
• If you are using CentOS 7, you may need to update your repositories with the following commands: curl >./microsoft-prod.repo and sudo cp./microsoft-prod.repo /etc/yum.repos.d/⁴. Then run: yum update -y⁴.

I hope this helps you resolve the issue. If you have any other questions, please feel free to ask.

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Answer 2

Hello Pelapkar,

Try the following from a similar thread:

sudo apt-get remove runc

Then try:

sudo apt-get install moby-runc
sudo apt-get install moby-containerd
sudo apt-get install moby-engine

Cited from https://github.com/Azure/iotedge/issues/5011

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